June 17, 2020 “He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.”—Arabian Proverb Even as the region learns to live with COVID-19, it’s already facing a new scourge: Hunger that may grow as rapidly as the virus that triggered it. On May 28-June 2,...
June 9, 2020 Delivering hope Where there is love, there is HOPE.—Unknown “I like helping people but have found myself crying right along with them lately as they face the biggest uncertainty of their lives. Imagine going from $4,000 to $5,000 a month to 0. ...
Remember George Floyd: Commit to ChangeStatement by Margaret PetersonMay 30, 2020 “A riot is the language of the unheard.” – Martin Luther King, Jr Our country is wounded, saddened, and numb. This deep wound has been with us for close to 400 years. It gets...
May 26, 2020Crisis Diverted with HOPE "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." —Desmund Tutu Through the eyes of Mental Health and Violence Prevention Manager, Michelle La Place Watts, the Pandemic is more about providing emotional...
May 19, 2020Inez Beats Homelessness “After the death of a friend, I started not thinking well, not paying bills, or buying groceries or talking to anyone. Before long I was in a crisis…a financial one as well as a mental one. I don’t have friends or relatives in...
May 5th, 2020Food on the Table No one should have to choose between food or rent. Our team of essential workers in our housing, immigration, and mental health departments hear about these difficult decisions every day. On Tuesday morning, we had hundreds of families...
April 7th, 2020Shelter, Food, Security CEO Message The grace of these unprecedented times is that so many of us are changing our daily lives out of concern for our neighbors and loved ones. The essence of social distancing and shelter-in-place is concern for the...
March 11, 2020 Dear Members of our Community: As the news of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, we at Catholic Charities East Bay are making efforts to protect the health of our staff and of our community. We are therefore cancelling all walk-in...
Postponing our Annual Fundraising Lunch Due to the unprecedented public safety power shutoffs which are unfolding across Northern California, we are postponing our Annual Fundraising Lunch, which had been scheduled to take place on Thursday, October 10, from noon to 1...
September 27, 2019, Oakland, CA – Catholic Charities East Bay opposes the Administration’s announced intent to further slash refugee arrivals. No one wants to be a refugee. People are forced to flee their homelands due to war, persecution, and conflict. The...
